Robert M. Berger

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Research Interests

* Inorganic chemistry

* Spectroscopy and electrochemistry of transition metal coordination compounds

* Photophysics and photochemistry of luminescent coordination compounds

* UV-Visible spectroelectrochemistry

Education

* Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

May 1988

* B.S. Chemistry Concentrate with Honors

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556

May 1981

Professional Activities

* American Chemical Society

- Inorganic Division

- Division of Chemical Health and Safety

- Northeastern Indiana Section

* Inter-American Photochemical Society

* Phi Lambda Upsilon

Selected Publications

"Spectroelectrochemistry and Excited State Absorption Spectroscopy of Rhenium(I) α,α'-Diimine Complexes" Y.F. Lee, R.M. Berger, D. Gosztola and J.R. Kirchhoff, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1995, 3677-3682.

"An Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Bis(2,2'-bipyridine) (2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)triazine) ruthenium (II): A Potential Building Block for Supramolecular Systems" R.M. Berger and J.R. Holcombe, Inorg. Chim. Acta 1995, 232, 217-221.

"Excited State Absorption Spectroscopy and Spectroelectrochemistry of Tetrakis(2,2'-bipyridine)(µ-2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine)diruthenium(II) and Its Mononuclear Counterpart: A Comparative Study." R.M. Berger, Inorg. Chem. 1990, 28, 1920-1924.

"Two-Photon Photochemistry of [Cu(dmp)₂]⁺." R.M. Berger, D.R. McMillin and R.F. Dallinger, Inorg. Chem. 1987, 26, 3802-3805.

Chemistry Department

Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
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